Last Updated Oct 2024

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Ultrasound Care Ltd respect and acknowledge your right to privacy. This privacy notice explains how we gather, share and use the personal information that you provide us. This privacy notice highlights your privacy rights and how you can exercise those rights.

 

Please read this privacy notice before using our website as by using our website and booking services you automatically agree with our privacy notice detailed here.

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If you have any questions or issues regarding any part of this privacy notice please contact us. Our contact details are provided on our website.

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Consent
By using our website and services, you automatically consent to your data being used in accordance with our privacy notice detailed here.

If for some reason, we decide to use your personal data for any additional reasons (other than those disclosed in this privacy notice) we will reach out and request additional and more specific consent before hand.

 

Your data protection rights
The following data protection rights apply to you:

• You have the right to access your stored personal data

• You have the right to correct inaccurate personal data

• You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data from our systems

• You have the right to object and restrict the processing of your personal data

• You have the right to revoke your consent to your data being retained

• You have the right to complain if you feel that any of these rights have been breached.

 

You can contact us via the phone number or email addresses shared on this website if you would like to exercise any of these rights.

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response to your request, you have the right to contact the data protection commission (www.dataprotection.ie). Please contact us initially and allow us the opportunity to address your concerns.

 

Our Website
www.ultrasoundcare.ie is hosted by Wix. This provides us with the online platform to offer our services. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and general Wix.com applications. Wix store your data on secure data servers behind secure firewalls.

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All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and Ultrasound Care Ltd adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council.

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What personal data is collected through our website?
Only data relevant to your booking and necessary for the provision of our services are collected and stored. The collection and use of this data is necessary to fulfil your scanning requests.

 

We do not collect or process unnecessary personal data through our website.

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This privacy notice does not relate to personal medical information that is integral to us providing our services.

 

What non personal data is collected through our website?
To help us develop our website and services, Ultrasound Care Ltd utilize the existing analytical tools built into the Wix platform. These tools collect non personal information as you browse our website based on your IP address. This allows us to see your approximate geographical location, device type used for browsing (desktop, mobile or tablet) and how you interact with and navigate our website.

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What information is collected via emails?
Your email address along with any information voluntarily provided in the email.

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What information is collected via the enquiry forms?
Your name, phone number, email address along with any information voluntarily provided by you in the enquiry form.

 

Communications from Ultrasound Care Ltd
We may contact you via phone or email to discuss your booking or website enquiry.

 

Who will we share your personal information with?
We share your personal data with our consultant radiologists and your own GP (If you were referred to us).

 

Why will we share your information?
If it is deemed to be necessary to the operation of our business or we a legally required to do so.

 

Data Controller
Ultrasound Care Ltd (Registered to 22 Woodbrook Road, Bishopstown, Cork, T12XH5Y) act as the data controller of your personal data collected and processed through our website and business.

 

Data Retention
We will retain your personal information in our secure systems for up to 8 years after your last examination (or as long as legally required with some scan types). After this time, if we no longer have a genuine interest in retaining your personal information, we remove all personal details by anonymising it.

 

Updates to this Privacy Notice
This privacy notice may be updated in response to changes in our business practice, legal changes or technological updates. We will obtain your consent to any material privacy notice alterations if and when consent is required under data protection laws.

The date that the privacy notice was last update is published at the beginning of the privacy notice.